Few creatures fill people with as much as dread and fear as spiders and snakes. In fact, many people develop an extreme, ...

CUTLINES At left is . At right is a Brazilian wandering spider. Courtesy photos A spider that was found in a Tulsa grocery store and originally was thought to be deadly was probably of a harmless ...

There are close to 50,000 known species of spiders, with another 50,000 estimated to be undiscovered. While the creepy arachnids can be frightening to look at, many are harmless to humans. However, ...

A British woman got an unpleasant surprise in her kitchen when she found that the world's most venomous spider had hitched a ride on a bushel of bananas she bought from her local grocery store. Maria ...

These web weavers have been found in shipping containers full of tropical yellow fruit, thus earning the moniker “banana spiders.” However these spiders come in all shapes and sizes, some being ...

Typical animals in the lowland rainforest of the Amazon: On the left, the palm-sized dung beetle Coprophanaeus lancifer, which appears to be sensitive to low temperatures. On the right, the Brazilian ...

A new drug for erectile dysfunction (ED) may come from an unlikely source. According to new reports from Gizmodo, a Brazilian-based pharmaceutical company has developed a topical ED drug made from the ...

You can’t tiptoe past a spider this Halloween. It will detect even the tiniest vibrations, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. An adult female Cupiennius ...

The tropo-climes of South America are home to many unusual animals. In fact, for arachnophiles the northern part of the continent contains some incredible rainforests worth visiting. In South America, ...

Brazilian singer Darlyn Morias has died after he was bitten on the face by a venomous spider. Morias, 28, was at his home in the northeastern city of Miranorte on 31 October when the insect bit him on ...